Farmers Paid Not To Farm

FreedomWorks On Tap “The Truth Behind The Farm Bill”

” This week’s episode of FreedomWorks On Tap “The Truth Behind The Farm Bill” Featured Austin Petersen (FreedomWorks Director of Productions & Editor of TheLibertarianRepublic.com), Josh Sewell (Senior Policy Analyst for Taxpayers for Common Sense), Drew White (Government Relations Deputy for Heritage Action for America), & Josh Withrow (FreedomWorks Legislative Affairs Manager).”

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Government Business As Usual

14 Big Government Programs That Failed to Achieve Their Goals

 

 

 

 

” Prohibition was instituted with ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on January 16, 1919, which prohibited the “…manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States…”

Congress passed the “Volstead Act” on October 28, 1919, to enforce the law, but most large cities simply ignored the law and bootlegged alcohol to meet demand, creating a huge black market rife with crime and corruption. Prohibition was repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933, essentially acknowledging the exercise had been pointless and counter-productive.”